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Flying Lotus unveils supergroup with Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat and George Clinton – listenhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/sep/29/flying-lotus-unveils-supergroup-with-shabazz-palaces-thundercat-and-george-clinton-listen
<p>Have a listen to The Lavishments of Light Looking by Woke, and let us know what you think</p><p>All your Afrofuturistic pop dreams have come true in the form of a new supergroup. Flying Lotus has teamed up with the further-out-than-far-out Seattle rappers <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/shabazz-palaces">Shabazz Palaces</a> and bassist Thundercat to form a group. Oh, and their first song features George Clinton singing.</p><p>The group is called Woke, and they released their first track, The Lavishments of Light Looking, yesterday as part of the Adult Swim singles series. The schedule for the series had originally listed a Flying Lotus track for release on 28 September, but that was replaced without warning by Woke.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/sep/29/flying-lotus-unveils-supergroup-with-shabazz-palaces-thundercat-and-george-clinton-listen">Continue reading...</a>Flying LotusGeorge ClintonShabazz PalacesPop and rockRapJazzHip-hopExperimental musicMusicCultureThundercatTue, 29 Sep 2015 08:02:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/sep/29/flying-lotus-unveils-supergroup-with-shabazz-palaces-thundercat-and-george-clinton-listenPhotograph: Timothy Saccenti/Publicity imagePhotograph: Timothy Saccenti/Publicity imageGuardian music2015-09-29T08:02:30ZBest albums of 2014: No 9 - You're Dead! by Flying Lotushttps://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/02/best-albums-of-2014-no-9-youre-dead-by-flying-lotus
<p>Steven Ellison’s fifth album saw him finally embrace his aunt Alice Coltrane’s passion for jazz, but with a twist that explored the genre’s intersection with hip-hop </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014">See the full countdown so far</a></li><li>Nominate your pick in our form at the bottom of the article</li></ul><p>One fact almost always mentioned when someone writes about Flying Lotus, aka Steven Ellison, is that his aunt is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Coltrane">astral jazz pioneer Alice Coltrane</a>. That family connection may have led Ellison down a similarly experimental path: in the eight years since his debut album, 1983, he’s melded scattergun breakbeats with abstract noise, using electronica, hip-hop and even jungle as his building blocks. But rarely in that mix would you find him explicitly delving into the world of jazz. That is until You’re Dead!, the first record of Ellison’s to fully engage with the genre. </p><p>Originally planned as a straight-up jazz record featuring Ellison alongside fellow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfeeder">Brainfeeder</a> signee Thundercat on bass, it slowly morphed into an even more ambitious, wide-ranging album with guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Herbie Hancock. This meeting of jazz and hip-hop is what the album excels at exploring, with Lamar’s verse on Never Catch Me sitting on top of what you could safely describe as virtuoso bass playing, plus soaring synths and boom-bap percussion. It’s bold, ambitious and, most importantly, it works. <br></p><p class="text">Please sign in, or create a Guardian site account, to nominate your choice</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/02/best-albums-of-2014-no-9-youre-dead-by-flying-lotus">Continue reading...</a>Flying LotusMusicJazzPop and rockCultureElectronic musicExperimental musicTue, 02 Dec 2014 10:48:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/02/best-albums-of-2014-no-9-youre-dead-by-flying-lotusPhotograph: Timothy Saccenti/PRPhotograph: Timothy Saccenti/PRLanre Bakare2014-12-02T10:48:10ZThe best albums of 2014https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014
<p>Here’s the Guardian music critics’ favourite albums of 2014, topped by St Vincent and her dazzling fourth album</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/12/best-albums-of-2014-no-1-st-vincent-by-st-vincent">What we say:</a> “On St Vincent, Annie Clark sounded suspiciously like an artist reaching the top of their game, currently capable of doing it all. She could write beautiful, crystalline melodies – the woozy swoon of I Prefer Your Love, Prince Johnny’s astonishing octave-leaping chorus, the warped power ballad Severed Crossed Fingers – then arrange them in a way that made them sound more astonishing still.”</p><p class="text">Please sign in with your Guardian site profile to complete the form</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014">Continue reading...</a>MusicCulturePop and rockLa RouxBeckFlying LotusCaribouAphex TwinFKA twigsWed, 26 Nov 2014 11:58:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty ImagesSt Vincent aka Annie Clark, winner of the Guardian’s best album of 2014Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty ImagesSt Vincent aka Annie Clark, winner of the Guardian’s best album of 2014Guardian music2014-11-26T11:58:19ZBest albums of 2012: 20–11https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/nov/28/guardian-best-albums-2012-20-11
The tension's racking up! Have we forgotten Grizzly Bear again? Why have we left out the Tibetan nose-flute skiffle improvisation? The countdown continues … <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/nov/28/guardian-best-albums-2012-20-11">Continue reading...</a>MusicBloc PartyPlan BFlying LotusSaint EtienneLana Del ReyTaylor SwiftGrizzly BearDjango DjangoPop and rockIndieHip-hopElectronic musicRapR&BCultureWed, 28 Nov 2012 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/nov/28/guardian-best-albums-2012-20-11Photograph: David Levene/Christian Sinibaldi/Theo JemnisonClass of 2012 … Plan B, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift and Flying Lotus. Photograph: David Levene/Christian Sinibaldi/Theo JemnisonPhotograph: David Levene/Christian Sinibaldi/Theo JemnisonClass of 2012 … Plan B, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift and Flying Lotus. Photograph: David Levene/Christian Sinibaldi/Theo JemnisonGuardian music2012-11-28T09:00:00ZFlying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes: exclusive album streamhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/sep/26/flying-lotus-until-quiet-comes-stream
Be among the first to hear Flying Lotus's new album Until the Quiet Comes – and let us know your thoughts<p> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/sep/26/flying-lotus-until-quiet-comes-stream?mobile-redirect=false">Reading on mobile? Listen here<br></a></p><p>It's a record thought of by its progenitor – Steven Ellison, AKA Flying Lotus or even FlyLo – as "a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies". That might not come as a surprise to fans of 2011's widely acclaimed Cosmogramma (the result, in part, of Ellison taking the powerful hallucinogenic DMT shortly after his mother's death, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/16/flying-lotus-cosmogramma-interview">as he told the Observer</a> at the time). </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/sep/26/flying-lotus-until-quiet-comes-stream">Continue reading...</a>Flying LotusMusicErykah BaduJazzCulturePop and rockPsychedeliaThom YorkeWed, 26 Sep 2012 11:28:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/sep/26/flying-lotus-until-quiet-comes-streamPhotograph: PRSteven Ellison AKA Flying Lotus.Photograph: PRSteven Ellison AKA Flying Lotus.Guardian music2012-09-26T11:28:23ZNew music: Flying Lotus feat Erykah Badu – See Thru To Uhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/aug/17/new-music-flying-lotus-see-thru
A musical pairing so perfect you wonder why it wasn't thought of sooner has come up with a satisfyingly bonkers single<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7lbY-THNHc&amp;feature=player_embedded">Reading on a mobile? Watch here.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/aug/17/new-music-flying-lotus-see-thru">Continue reading...</a>Flying LotusErykah BaduElectronic musicMusicR&BCultureFri, 17 Aug 2012 11:49:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/aug/17/new-music-flying-lotus-see-thruPhotograph: PRFlying LotusPhotograph: PRFlying LotusMichael Cragg2012-08-17T11:49:36ZBloc.2012: festival previewhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jul/03/bloc-2012-festival-preview
Here's our pick of some of the acts playing the London Pleasure Gardens this weekend<p>The biggest acts in electronic dance music (and Snoop Dogg) come together this weekend for <a href="http://www.blocweekend.com">Bloc 2012</a> at the <a href="http://www.londonpleasuregardens.com/">London Pleasure Gardens</a> in the Royal Victoria Docks. With some venues on land and others floating on water, Bloc's new housewarming party is set to go off with a bang.</p><p>Here are some of our picks from this year's lineup, along with links to our coverage, exclusive videos, album streams, and various other bits and pieces to read, watch and listen to. But first, a word from Snoop.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jul/03/bloc-2012-festival-preview">Continue reading...</a>Pop and rockMusicMusic festivalsHip-hopIndieFestivalsBattlesSnoop DoggFlying LotusOrbitalSquarepusherSteve ReichCultureElectronic musicDance musicTue, 03 Jul 2012 16:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jul/03/bloc-2012-festival-previewPhotograph: Paul A Hebert/WireImageSnoop Dogg … Poised to unleash his new glitchtronica direction this weekend. Photograph: Paul A Hebert/WireImagePhotograph: Paul A Hebert/WireImageSnoop Dogg … Poised to unleash his new glitchtronica direction this weekend. Photograph: Paul A Hebert/WireImageRachel Obordo2012-07-03T16:20:00Z